acyein/user-authentification-api

Node.js API for user login and register

About

A Node.js authentication API that allows myself to register, login, see my profile and another user's profile, while blocking that other user from seeing my profile

Dependencies

• express
• mongoose (connects to your MongoDB database)
• bcrypt (hashes password)
• jsonwebtoken (verifies and generates tokens)
• @hapi/joi (validates data passed into API)
• dotenv (loads environment variables from .env file into process.env)

Routes

Verb	URL	Description	Header / Body Input
POST	/register	Lets user register	firstName lastName email password
POST	/login	Lets user login	email password
GET	/users/my-profile	Displays my profile	auth-token
GET	/users/:id	Displays another user's profile	auth-token
GET	/posts	Displays a blog post	-

Credits

Followed Dev Ed's tutorial, 'Build A Node.js API Authentication With JWT Tutorial'